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Raphael's Madonna del Granduca, Florence, Italy, 1928

Subjects
Art ExhibitionsChristmas & SantaPortraits
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1928 (White Border)
Front of Raphael's Madonna del Granduca, Florence, Italy, 1928, Miss Ely Hammann, USA, c. 1928 chrome postcard
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Back of Raphael's Madonna del Granduca, Florence, Italy, 1928, Miss Ely Hammann, USA, c. 1928 chrome postcard
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About this postcard

Raphael's Madonna del Granduca, a Renaissance panel in the Galleria Palatina in Florence, shows the Virgin in a red dress and blue mantle holding the Christ Child. Both figures have halos against a dark background. Raphael painted the work in the early 1500s, and it takes its name from Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

for the last time in the old world with love from [illegible]

PublisherFratelli Alinari
CARTOLINA POSTALE ITALIANA (CARTE POSTALE D'ITALIE) Fratelli Alinari - I.D.E.A. - Firenze. SANZIO RAFFAELLO. La Madonna detta del Granduca. Firenze, Galleria Palatina. T. 86 Riproduzione vietata.
PostmarkedMinneapolis, MN, December 21, 1928
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Ely Hammann

Kenwood Hotel Minneapolis

Postcard record

Postmarked, Minneapolis, MN
PublisherFratelli Alinari
SeriesT. 86
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Ely Hammann, Kenwood Hotel, Minneapolis
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
NotesFull-bleed image; printed text present (CARTOLINA POSTALE ITALIANA / CARTOLINA POSTALE D'ITALIE; Fratelli Alinari - I.D.E.A. - Firenze.; SANZIO RAFFAELLO. La Madonna detta del Granduca. Firenze, Galleria Palatina.; T. 86; Riproduzione vietata.); corners worn; small white spot at top left and lower right edge. Postmark: MINNEAPOLIS MINN. DEC 21 1928 (slogan cancel: MAIL EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS). Divided-back Italian Alinari art reproduction card; glossy surface; light edge wear and a small pink stain at left.

Cite this card

Raphael's Madonna del Granduca, Florence, Italy, 1928, postcard, c. 1928. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/raphaels-madonna-del-granduca-florence-italy-1928. Accessed November 2, 2026.